Overview

The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP) is a 2-year-long international Masters course funded by the European Commission. It directly responds to the educational needs created by the rapidly changing global environment and new public policy challenges. Mundus MAPP equips graduates with the conceptual knowledge and hard skills that are necessary for understanding and decisively intervening in contemporary transnational policy problems, from climate change to international terrorism or financial regulatory failure. It provides a detailed and systematic understanding of how political institutions, processes and public policies operate and interact from the global political economy through to national and local levels with a direct focus on European engagements at these levels of governance. Inter-disciplinarity and practical application of conceptual knowledge are hallmarks of Mundus MAPP.

Four leading European universities joined forces to deliver Mundus MAPP: Central European University in Budapest (Hungary), Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (Spain), the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in the Hague (Netherlands), and the University of York (UK). Building on Mundus MAPP's successful track record, the integrated curriculum provides a uniform core of policy studies as well as modules specific to particular mobility tracks, drawn predominantly from the fields of International Relations, European Studies and Development Studies. The four mobility tracks allow students to specialise in Political Economy and Development, Governance and Development, and European and Global Public Policy, respectively. Each mobility track includes a field trip to a relevant public sector organisation and an internship.

Mundus MAPP's unique combination of strong conceptual foundations with practice and policy-oriented learning will provide graduates with transferable skills and subject-specific knowledge for embarking on or furthering professional careers as policy-makers, policy-analysts and advisors in the civil service, international organisations or the corporate and non-governmental sectors, and for enrolling in doctoral programs in a range of relevant subjects. Mundus MAPP graduates will have a thorough knowledge of European policy making milieus and solid institutional and personal networks that will take them forward to leadership roles and constructive future engagements within Europe and the rest of the world.

The final full course list is not available yet, however, you will find an overview of the courses, including all core (mandatory) courses at http://www.mundusmapp.org/studies/studies.htm.
The course descriptions (for most of the courses) are available at http://www.mundusmapp.org/studies/curr.htm. A more detailed curriculum for the 2012-2014 cycle with the full list of elective courses will be available before you enroll.

Scholarships available

The European Commission provides a number of scholarships covering tuition and living expenses for EU and non-EU students to study for the two years of the Mundus MAPP programme. Full details of the scholarships are available from the Mundus MAPP website.

For the 2012-14 academic year please consult the Mundus MAPP website for information on deadlines and application requirements.

The Consortium

Four internationally renowned academic institutions join forces to deliver this joint programme:

• The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, as the coordinating institution for the consortium
• The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, Netherlands
• The Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI) in Spain
  
• The Department of Politics at the University of York in the United Kingdom

Contact details for further information

If you have any queries about the Mundus MAPP programme please contact in the first instance Henriett Griecs, Administrative Coordinator, at mundusmapp@ceu.hu.

You can also contact Dr Felicity Matthews at felicity.matthews@york.ac.uk or the Department of Politics Graduate School administrator Caroline Carfrae at caroline.carfrae@york.ac.uk. Or write to us at:

Department of Politics
Derwent College
University of York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1904 323542
Fax: +44 (0)1904 323563

Structure

Mundus MAPP is launching an integrated joint curriculum with different mobility tracks. The Mundus MAPP website provides information for prospective applicants who will have different options to choose from.

Mobility tracks overview - Starting from 2012-14:

	First year	Study visit	Internship**	Second year	Track name and focus
I)	CEU, Budapest	various	various	IBEI, Barcelona	Global Public Policy
II)	CEU, Budapest	various	various	York	European Public Policy
III)	ISS, the Hague	various	various	IBEI, Barcelona	Political Economy and Development
IV)	ISS, the Hague	various	various	York	Governance and Development

For more information on the structure of studies please check http://www.mundusmapp.org/studies/studies.htm

Applications

Who should apply?

This unique combination of strong conceptual foundations with practice and policy-oriented learning will provide Mundus MAPP graduates with all the necessary transferable skills and subject-specific knowledge for embarking on or furthering professional careers as policy-makers, policy-analysts and advisors in either politics, the civil service, international organisation or the corporate and non-governmental sectors. They will have unsurpassed knowledge of European policy making milieus, and solid institutional and personal networks that will take them forward into leadership roles and constructive future engagements within Europe and the rest of the world.

The Mundus MAPP programme is concluded with the award of a joint degree. This will be recognised in the participating institutions and countries. Mundus MAPP is also open to other students who are not supported by Erasmus Mundus scholarships.

Admissions Requirements

Successful applicants to Mundus MAPP will be of outstanding intellectual calibre. Our minimum requirements are:

• a good bachelors’ degree in a cognate field and/or at least one year’s work experience in a relevant field
• English language credentials, at least IELTS 6.5 in both written and oral for non-native English speakers
• Spanish language credentials
• high motivation and interest in European and international public policy

How to Apply - Procedures and Deadlines

For the appropriate application forms and application procedures, please see the Mundus Mapp website.

The deadline for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for 2012 will be January 2011 (please check the Mundus website for the official deadline announcement). Other, non-funded applications will be accepted until June 2012.